Role of <i>Yoga </i> in childhood asthma

21-24Significant amount of money spent in healthcare is used for treatments of lifestyle related problems. Yoga, as a branch of complementary alternative medicine, has emerged and is showing to be an effective treatment against non-communicable diseases. The objective of this study is to conduct a review regarding the problems of the childhood asthma and the benefits of the yoga. Asthma is an ongoing or chronic disease of the airways in the lungs called bronchial tubes. Bronchial tubes carry air in and out of the lungs. In people with asthma, the walls of the airways become swollen (inflamed) and oversensitive. Asthmatic airways overreact to things like viruses, smoke, dust, mould, animal hair, cockroaches, and pollen. Asthma is a problem worldwide with an estimated 300 million affected individuals. According to WHO report, about 3 million annual deaths attributed to this disease. It is estimated that the number of people with asthma will grow by more than 100 million by 2025. The current review shows that yoga can be useful in control of the disease if it is regularly done by the children in their childhood with standard medical treatment